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 ==== Anime ==== ==== Anime ====
 === Little Busters! === === Little Busters! ===
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 +<div frame sheet>{{img:litbus:clubroom.png?240 |Little Busters! Clubroom}}</div>
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 While the series is great overall...the story is a bit compressed. I don't think this is //especially// noticeable though. In fact, I didn't realize that it felt this way until my most recent re-watch.((:fn:>Which is either the 3rd or the 4th re-watch. I'm leaning towards 4th, but I can’t remember for sure.)) So //after// I learned way more about how stories are constructed. But if you don't know this, the story is fairly complete, just that a few things do come off as rushed through. While the series is great overall...the story is a bit compressed. I don't think this is //especially// noticeable though. In fact, I didn't realize that it felt this way until my most recent re-watch.((:fn:>Which is either the 3rd or the 4th re-watch. I'm leaning towards 4th, but I can’t remember for sure.)) So //after// I learned way more about how stories are constructed. But if you don't know this, the story is fairly complete, just that a few things do come off as rushed through.
  
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-To end it off, I think that both seasons have pretty nice animation...though since my tastes have changed a bit, I found it a bit jarring and off-putting at first...but only at first, I got used to it fairly fast. And both seasons also have really good music.+To end it off, I think that both seasons have pretty nice animation...though since my tastes have changed a bit, I found it a bit jarring and off-putting at first...but only at first, I got used to it fairly fast. And both seasons also have really good music.((:fn:>Here's an example: [[you>7O7JcVNvWhk|駆ける]], though that one is from <cite>Ecstasy</cite>/<cite>EX</cite>.))
 === Sekai no Saitou wa Ore ga Mamoru! === === Sekai no Saitou wa Ore ga Mamoru! ===
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 {{ruby|世界|せかい}}の{{ruby|斎藤|さいとう}}は{{ruby|俺|おれ}}が{{ruby|守|まも}}る！(I will protect the world of Saitou!) {{ruby|世界|せかい}}の{{ruby|斎藤|さいとう}}は{{ruby|俺|おれ}}が{{ruby|守|まも}}る！(I will protect the world of Saitou!)
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 <div frame sheet>{{:img:litbus:fanservice.png?192 |Fanservice}}</div> <div frame sheet>{{:img:litbus:fanservice.png?192 |Fanservice}}</div>
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 The battles are a pretty straight adaptation of the battles from the VN, except that we never see the battle play out((:fn:>With the exception of the battle with [[lb:litbus:Saitou]].)) and instead see the beginning and ending. The battles are a pretty straight adaptation of the battles from the VN, except that we never see the battle play out((:fn:>With the exception of the battle with [[lb:litbus:Saitou]].)) and instead see the beginning and ending.
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 +<div frame sheet>{{ :img:litbus:kurugaya-riki.png?160|Fanservice}}</div>
  
 Kurugaya's consultations are different, where a girl will ask Kurugaya for some advice and Kurugya suggests completely absurd and nonsensical things...which the girls then follow without thinking about it. All of this seems to affect [[lb:litbus:Komari]] in some way (which is hilarious). Each of these segments also ends with Rin repeating whatever just happened and usually to Komari. Kurugaya's consultations are different, where a girl will ask Kurugaya for some advice and Kurugya suggests completely absurd and nonsensical things...which the girls then follow without thinking about it. All of this seems to affect [[lb:litbus:Komari]] in some way (which is hilarious). Each of these segments also ends with Rin repeating whatever just happened and usually to Komari.
  
-Though the gag that really killed me is when Riki, [[lb:litbus:Masato]] and Kud start to briefly discuss trading (also a thing in the VN), because of how dumb it is...yet nobody questions it. At least in the battles Riki is apologetic, but here he's just like <q :ja>そうね⋯</q>.+Though the gag that really killed me is when Riki, [[lb:litbus:Masato]] and Kud start to briefly discuss trading (also a thing in the VN), because of how dumb it is...yet nobody questions it. At least in the battles Riki is apologetic, but here he's just like <q :ja>そうだね⋯</q>.
  
 I actually started thinking that if the rest of <cite>Little Busters</cite> were like this, the anime would have been much better overall. Though I can’t be sure, of course. I actually started thinking that if the rest of <cite>Little Busters</cite> were like this, the anime would have been much better overall. Though I can’t be sure, of course.
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 I've already re-watched it many more times since my first one and I can tell I'll be continuing to do so for a //long// time into the future. I've already re-watched it many more times since my first one and I can tell I'll be continuing to do so for a //long// time into the future.
 === Little Busters! ~Refrain~ === === Little Busters! ~Refrain~ ===
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 +<div frame sheet>{{img:litbus:refrain-back.png?160 |Little Busters! Clubroom}}</div> 
 Like with regular <cite>Little Busters</cite>, I noticed that <cite>Refrain</cite>’s story was a little compressed. I don't think this is a super big issue, though I think it's a bigger problem here than there. It's actually pretty obvious to me that <cite>Refrain</cite> should have been the same length as the first season. Like with regular <cite>Little Busters</cite>, I noticed that <cite>Refrain</cite>’s story was a little compressed. I don't think this is a super big issue, though I think it's a bigger problem here than there. It's actually pretty obvious to me that <cite>Refrain</cite> should have been the same length as the first season.
  
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 Outside of that, I think <cite>Refrain</cite> is pretty great. I think that only really <mark spoiler>Kurugaya's route</mark> suffers as a result of the compression, but everything else mostly fits together. After I get to it in the VN, we'll see if there are bigger issues. Outside of that, I think <cite>Refrain</cite> is pretty great. I think that only really <mark spoiler>Kurugaya's route</mark> suffers as a result of the compression, but everything else mostly fits together. After I get to it in the VN, we'll see if there are bigger issues.
 === Little Busters! EX === === Little Busters! EX ===
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 During my recent re-watch, I actually considered skipping <cite>EX</cite>, because I knew that it was a bit off compared to the rest of the series. But I'm //so glad// that I decided against skipping it, because I had forgotten how fun [[lb:litbus:Saya]] is. During my recent re-watch, I actually considered skipping <cite>EX</cite>, because I knew that it was a bit off compared to the rest of the series. But I'm //so glad// that I decided against skipping it, because I had forgotten how fun [[lb:litbus:Saya]] is.
  
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 +<div frame sheet>{{ img:litbus:saya-pout.png?160|Little Busters! Clubroom}}</div>
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 Speaking of Saya: I noticed a lot of similarities between her route and [[lb:angel beats]]. //So many// similarities, that it kinda feels like an <cite>Angel Beats!</cite> pilot or demo. Speaking of Saya: I noticed a lot of similarities between her route and [[lb:angel beats]]. //So many// similarities, that it kinda feels like an <cite>Angel Beats!</cite> pilot or demo.
  
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 +==== Saigusa Family Tradition ====
 +There's a weird issue with the tradition as it's presented. The basic idea is that they want to ensure a successor to the Saigusa family by having their women marry two guys.
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 +...
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 +This doesn't make a lot of logical sense though, as you have to wait while the woman is pregnant. If you're already going the polygamy route, it makes more sense to have one guy with two wives.
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 +I don't think this is //that// big of a deal, because there are definitely some weird traditions all over the place, but it //is// still a bit of a weird thing.
 ==== Timeline ==== ==== Timeline ====
-The timeline of Little Busters! isn't the most straightforward, though it's not as hard to understand as I thought back when I first wrote this section. Whatever, I'll try to describe it again.+The timeline of <cite>Little Busters!</cite> isn't the most straightforward, though it's not as hard to understand as I thought back when I first wrote this section. Whatever, I'll try to describe it again //anyway//.
  
 <div sheet frame>{{img:litbus:riki-aya.png?192 |Riki and Aya meeting.}}</div> <div sheet frame>{{img:litbus:riki-aya.png?192 |Riki and Aya meeting.}}</div>
  
-The earliest-placed event in the series((:fn:>As far as I'm aware of, from the anime.))((:fn:>I should also clarify that this is the earliest-placed event that I feel is relevant. I define relevance as anything relating to the Little Busters! themselves. So while some events in some characters’ backstories (such as Haruka/Futaki's conception) occur much earlier, they aren't related to any of the original Little Busters.\\ Another way I determine this is based on...when events end up changing. Aya/Riki meeting fits this because she dies some time after meeting him, but then comes back to life because of what happens in her route. I assume. Who even knows.\\ If there is something else in the VN that I'm not aware of, I'll re-write this section.)) is the meeting between Aya and Riki, where they become friends. Sometime after this, Aya dies. Well, happens to the best of us. Her regret-filled soul starts drifting around...somewhere.+The earliest-placed event in the series((:fn:>As far as I'm aware of, from the anime.))((:fn:>I should also clarify that this is the earliest-placed event that I feel is relevant. I define relevance as anything relating to the Little Busters themselves. So while some events in some characters’ backstories (such as Haruka/Futaki's conception) occur much earlier, they aren't related to any of the original Little Busters.\\ Another way I determine this is based on...when events end up changing. Aya/Riki meeting fits this because she dies some time after meeting him, but then comes back to life because of what happens in her route. I assume. Who even knows.\\ If there is something else in the VN that I'm not aware of, I'll re-write this section.)) is the meeting between Aya and Riki, where they become friends. Sometime after this, Aya dies. Well, happens to the best of us. Her regret-filled soul starts drifting around...//somewhere//.
  
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-Following this, Riki ends up in a traffic accident during which his parents //die//. He then presumably forgets about Aya. This is presumably due to the shock of the accident...and also because she was already dead by this point.((:fn:>Whether he remembers her after she comes back to life or not is...ambiguous. Actually, it's sorta-but-not-really ambiguous whether she lives or not anyway.))+Following this, Riki ends up in a traffic accident during which his parents //**die**//. He then presumably forgets about Aya. This is presumably due to the shock of the accident...and also because she was already dead by this point.((:fn:>Whether he remembers her after she comes back to life or not is...ambiguous. Actually, it's sorta-but-not-really ambiguous whether she lives or not anyway.))
  
 It's here that Riki is invited to join the Little Busters by Kyousuke. Though exactly //how// Kyousuke knew who Riki was is...never explained, at least not in the anime. It's here that Riki is invited to join the Little Busters by Kyousuke. Though exactly //how// Kyousuke knew who Riki was is...never explained, at least not in the anime.
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-Then there's a bit of a time skip, all the way until highschool. Aya is still dead at this point.+Then there's a bit of a time skip, all the way until highschool. Aya is //still dead// at this point.
  
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 Then the bus crash happens. Exactly what happens here is frustratingly ambiguous, but I'm going to assume a timeline where time changes afterwards. Masato and Kengo manage to save Riki and Rin, but everyone else ends up dying in the crash. Riki and Rin, being pretty spiritually weak, end up falling to despair sometime afterwards. Then the bus crash happens. Exactly what happens here is frustratingly ambiguous, but I'm going to assume a timeline where time changes afterwards. Masato and Kengo manage to save Riki and Rin, but everyone else ends up dying in the crash. Riki and Rin, being pretty spiritually weak, end up falling to despair sometime afterwards.
  
-It's here that the restless soul of Kyousuke cries out, filled with regret. The other dead students answer. He then turns the clock back (somehow...) and creates an artificial world.((:fn:>I originally wrote I had some speculah regarding that, which I still do have. I haven't forgotten it, I just forgot to write it down. Hopefully I'll remember to do that sooner rather than later.)) He then comes up with a plan to help Riki and Rin avoid falling to despair, by strengthening their spirits...via the artificial world.+It's here that the restless soul of Kyousuke cries out, filled with regret. The other dead students answer. He then turns the clock back (somehow...) and creates an artificial world.((:fn:>I originally wrote I had some speculah regarding that, which I still do have. I haven't forgotten it, I just forgot to write it down. Hopefully I'll remember to do that sooner rather than later.))((:fn:>I've thought about it further and I'm not really sure how to write it up into a section just yet, so this footnote exists to explain it. I don't know how the artificial world works, but I'm personally guessing that the mechanics are similar to <cite>Angel Beats!</cite> except with the twist that we actually see what a ‘master’ would look like in the world. So Kyousuke probably has more control than the students in <cite>Angel Beats!</cite>, which is why he can do far more than they can. But the rest of the students can theoretically make stuff in the same fashion as the students in <cite>Angel Beats!</cite>. That //is// assuming the mechanics are the same between the two. There //is// stuff to suggest it's the same and stuff to suggest it isn't. Hm, maybe I can write more about it later after all)) He then comes up with a plan to help Riki and Rin avoid falling to despair, by strengthening their spirits...via the artificial world.
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-You may wonder when he came up with all of this. This is actually a little more clear. Kyousuke probably came up with the broad strokes of the plan before building the artificial world, and then the remaining details while standing under a tree in the first episode. Kyousuke is great at thinking on his feet.+You may wonder **when** he came up with all of this. This is actually a little more clear. Kyousuke //probably// came up with the broad strokes of the plan before building the artificial world, and then the remaining details while standing under a tree in the first episode. Kyousuke is great at thinking on his feet.
  
 Then come most of the events of the anime/VN and each of the character routes.((:fn:>Sans Refrain (which happens at the end), Sasanami's (the second half) and Futaki's (which can only happen after Refrain).)) Except probably looped through a few dozen times. This is because Kyousuke would reset the world every time Riki failed. Then come most of the events of the anime/VN and each of the character routes.((:fn:>Sans Refrain (which happens at the end), Sasanami's (the second half) and Futaki's (which can only happen after Refrain).)) Except probably looped through a few dozen times. This is because Kyousuke would reset the world every time Riki failed.
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 <div sheet frame>{{img:litbus:saya-hahaha.png?160 |Riki and Saya.}}</div> <div sheet frame>{{img:litbus:saya-hahaha.png?160 |Riki and Saya.}}</div>
  
-First of all: Saya's route. Aya's soul was wandering around, filled with regrets. It then ended up inside of Kyousuke's artificial world. Her soul merged her own concept of self with the main character of her favorite manga, who was named Tokido Saya. This also happened to be Kyousuke's favorite manga, which is why he initially didn't think much of Saya...he just kinda assumed he did something by accident. Eventually, he //does// realize that she's a real person, and starts trying to make her leave. Shenanigans ensue and she agrees to leave. +First of all: Saya's route. Aya's soul was wandering around, filled with regrets. It then ended up inside of Kyousuke's artificial world. Her soul merged her own concept of self with the main character of her favorite manga, who was named **Tokido Saya**. This also happened to be Kyousuke's favorite manga, which is why he initially didn't think much of Saya...he just kinda assumed he did something by accident. Eventually, he //does// realize that she's a real person, and starts trying to make her leave. Shenanigans ensue and she agrees to leave. 
  
-Now, based on the ending of EX and the way her route ends, I assume that Aya (upon returning to the past) ended up surviving her original death. How? Who knows. The actual mechanics of how this all works are pretty ambiguous. But Aya was probably the first to alter the past. She was friends with Riki, entered the same highschool as him...and joined the Little Busters at some point. Happy ending!+Now, based on the ending of <cite>EX</cite> and the way her route ends, I assume that Aya (upon returning to the past) ended up surviving her original death. How? Who knows. The actual mechanics of how this all works are pretty ambiguous. But Aya was probably the first to alter the past. She was friends with Riki, entered the same highschool as him...and joined the Little Busters at some point. Happy ending!
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 However! Their plan did kinda work. Riki and Rin were now spiritually much stronger, so Kyousuke hoped they'd be able to deal with all of their deaths. But! Riki and Rin surprised them all, by going out of their way to rescue everyone, thus averting the bad future. However! Their plan did kinda work. Riki and Rin were now spiritually much stronger, so Kyousuke hoped they'd be able to deal with all of their deaths. But! Riki and Rin surprised them all, by going out of their way to rescue everyone, thus averting the bad future.
  
-And that's basically what happens. Canonically, the last thing to happen is Kud Wafter. But I don't like Kud enough to want to watch that, so I consider the end to be Futaki's route.+And that's basically what happens. Canonically, the last thing to happen is <cite>Kud Wafter</cite>. But I don't like Kud enough to want to watch that, so I consider the end to be Futaki's route.
  
 <div frame sheet>{{ img:litbus:ending.png?384 |All the Little Busters!}}</div> <div frame sheet>{{ img:litbus:ending.png?384 |All the Little Busters!}}</div>
 === Additional Notes === === Additional Notes ===
-The above timeline is //probably// correct and //probably// what was intended by the writers. That said, it's not 100% certain that this is correct.+The above timeline is //probably// correct and //probably// what was intended by the writers. That said, it's not 100% certain that it //is// correct.
  
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-The main problem in Little Busters is that the mechanics of the world-building are not adequately explained. This means that you can interpret them in a number of different ways...which also means that how the timeline looks is pretty ambiguous.+The main problem in <cite>Little Busters!</cite> is that the mechanics of the world-building are not adequately explained. This means that you can interpret them in a number of different ways...which also means that how the timeline looks is pretty ambiguous.
  
 The ambiguities in particular are: The ambiguities in particular are:
-  * When was the artificial world created? +  * //When// was the artificial world //created//? 
-  * What are the conditions behind its creation? +  * //What// are the conditions behind its creation? 
-  * How does time in the artificial world pass in relation to the real world?+  * //How// does time in the artificial world pass in relation to the real world?
   * Did past events change?   * Did past events change?
 The anime (and possibly the VN, but I can’t be sure) provides information that makes it very difficult to answer these questions, which results in the timeline being quite ambiguous. The anime (and possibly the VN, but I can’t be sure) provides information that makes it very difficult to answer these questions, which results in the timeline being quite ambiguous.
  
-When I started thinking about this recently, I was wondering if this ambiguity is a flaw or not and...now I'm leaning towards it probably being one. Being ambiguous about some things or not explicitly explaining things is fine. The problem is that Little Busters! isn't that shy about sharing information that implies what those mechanics are...it's just that that information is a bit contradictory, which means it's difficult (or possibly impossible) to produce any internally-consistent mechanics.+When I started thinking about this recently, I was wondering if this ambiguity is a flaw or not and...now I'm leaning towards it //probably// being one. Being ambiguous about some things or not explicitly explaining things is fine. The problem is that <cite>Little Busters!</cite> isn't that shy about sharing information that implies what those mechanics are...it's just that that information is a bit contradictory, which means it's difficult (or possibly impossible) to produce any internally-consistent mechanics.
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 Oh right, I wanted to note one more thing: Saya. Oh right, I wanted to note one more thing: Saya.
  
-I think there is enough evidence in the series to imply that Saya ended up surviving her death when she was younger. First is that despite the bad ending inside the Refrain, her route ends on an overall positive note (at least in the anime). Second is that she consistently appears in the background in cameos. Most of this is in the Refrain, though there's one that most definitely is in the real world (at the end of Futaki's route in the anime), where she's standing alongside the other Little Busters.+I think there is enough evidence in the series to imply that Saya ended up surviving her death when she was younger. First is that despite the bad ending inside the artificial world, her route ends on an overall positive note (at least in the anime). Second is that she consistently appears in the background in cameos. Most of this is in the artificial world, though, there's one that most definitely is in the real world (at the end of Futaki's route in the anime), where she's standing alongside the other Little Busters.
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-==== Saigusa Family Tradition ==== 
-There's a weird issue with the tradition as it's presented. The basic idea is that you want to ensure a successor to the Saigusa family by having their women marry two guys. 
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-This doesn't make a lot of logical sense though, as you have to wait while the woman is pregnant. If you're already going the polygamy route, it makes more sense to have one guy with two wives. 
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-I don't think this is //that// big of a deal, because there are definitely some weird traditions all over the place. 
 ===== Trivilinks ===== ===== Trivilinks =====
   * [[http://www.litbus-anime.com|Official Anime Site]]   * [[http://www.litbus-anime.com|Official Anime Site]]
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     * [[http://ninjasr.heliohost.org/gen/aph-jp.htm|名言ジェネレイター、日本語。]]     * [[http://ninjasr.heliohost.org/gen/aph-jp.htm|名言ジェネレイター、日本語。]]
     * [[http://ninjasr.heliohost.org/gen/team-en.htm|Team Name Generator, English.]]     * [[http://ninjasr.heliohost.org/gen/team-en.htm|Team Name Generator, English.]]
-  * Along with my re-write (which will be coming soon, I promise), I've decided to maybe think about writing out character pages too. The issue is that I'm still not quite sure how to structure them, so I'll have to think about that. Though I do have some ideas in mind, of course. +  * Along with my re-write (which has been concluded, yay!), I've decided to maybe think about writing out character pages too. The issue is that I'm still not quite sure how to structure them, so I'll have to think about that. Though I do have some ideas in mind, of course. 
-    * Re-write progress: <ul list check><li item [data-check=check]>Writing Pass</li><li item [data-check=uncheck]>Formatting Pass</li><li item>Image Pass</li></ul>+  * Something I noticed during my (apparently 4th) re-watch of <cite>Saitou</cite> is that there's an implication the OVA takes place after <cite>Refrain</cite>. That implication is in something Kyousuke says: <mark spoiler><q :en:>You came back for me...You came back, didn't you? </q></mark> 
 +  * The first image in the <cite>Little Busters</cite>! review is actually from <cite>Refrain</cite>. This is because all of the screenshots from <cite>Little Busters!</cite> are noticeably very blurry...and I'm not sure how to fix that just yet. I don't think it matters too much, since it's purely illustrative.
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